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BOYES HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Neighbors and strangers huddle along streets under siege by wildfires. We fix our worried stares on ridges encircling us, at billowing smoke and hope we don't see the glow of flames.
In the path of one of California's deadliest blazes, talk is of wind direction, evacuations and goodbyes.
Each time I turn the key to lock my front door, I think I might be leaving home for the last time. I've covered my share of stories about people fleeing catastrophes, but I'm living the life of a fire evacuee for the first time.
"Take care, sweetie," one woman said in my community on the edge of the small, rural, wine-centric city of Sonoma, hugging me through my car window on one of three consecutive nights we fled an approaching blaze.
On that Tuesday night, flames arced like solar flares on the ridges above sprawling old oaks and tall redwoods. The trees conceal the wooden former cottages from Boyes Hot Springs' days as a resort destination for wealthy San Franciscans looking to soak away their aches in the hot springs.
Now, it's a tinder-dry working- and middle-class community on edge.
Another neighbor climbed onto his roof with a garden hose, training water first on his house, then surrounding ones. Another neighbor vowed to stay, envisioning taking a stand against any looters.
With the ever-present stench of smoke, discussion that night on the street focused on the direction of the wind and advancing fires.
"Northeast," one man said. I didn't understand the subtleties but knew winds from the north were bad.
"Northwest," a woman next to him angrily corrected, glaring at him in darkness brought on by a loss of electricity.
"Northeast," he insisted, and we all lapsed back into our silent sentry of the ridgetops.
Not everyone in Northern California had the ability to watch the fire grow when so-called Diablo winds whipped up the wildfires late Sunday. In the first hours, dry tempests toppled oaks onto roads, ripped loose power lines and drove deadly embers ahead for miles.
Many of the more than two dozen people killed so far died in those first hours as wildfires reduced whole blocks of houses to ankle-high ruins with little or no warning.
At 3:30 a.m. Monday, smoke was so strong that I awoke thinking my house was on fire. With electricity already gone, it shocked me how long it took to gather contact lenses, shoes and other essentials I scattered when I had returned to California a few hours earlier from a cousin's wedding in Oklahoma.
For two sleepless days, I drove around with my dog, John, in the backseat in case fire overtook my home while I was reporting on the destruction.
The death toll climbed. The number of houses destroyed grew into the thousands. And two dozen fires kept advancing at the whim of the winds.
My canine companion lost hope he was on an extra-long trip to the dog park and grew steadily depressed, slumping on the seat. Many others had their dogs in tow, their heads sticking out car windows as firetrucks sped past and mountains burned.
With my suitcase still packed from the wedding, I had a go-bag with me, although the knee-length dresses and heels were unsuitable evacuee wear.
Hundreds of police officers and then National Guard members poured into fire zones, helping evacuate residents and block people from returning to burning and scorched areas.
My press pass got me past roadblocks. Highways and farm lanes were blackened for miles on both sides. With familiar buildings and landmarks gone, whole stretches of road were unrecognizable.
I came across former volunteer firefighters defending their houses from relentless flames that advanced at first from one ridge, then another, then another. The popping of propane tanks in the area punctuated conversations.
People clustered at barricades that blocked them from their homes. Some pleaded with lawmen to pass. Others numbly accepted it.
I encountered people on foot where it seemed unwise to be.
A woman with a duffel bag hanging from each shoulder stood alone on a highway, the only pedestrian for miles in a burning area.
"What should I do?" she asked.
She had been told the fire was coming, that her house would surely burn. It wouldn't burn, would it? she asked, seeking reassurance. She didn't want to go to Sonoma, where I was heading, so she thanked me and stayed behind.
I gave a lift to a San Francisco man who had left his car and set out on foot to check the fate of a vacation rental property. He celebrated to see it unburned but returned to the car grumbling about how messy the vacationers had left it when they fled.
I returned home Wednesday morning and relished a rare normal moment walking my dog, only to curse when I realized ash was raining down.
Later that morning in Napa, the namesake city of the neighboring wine-making area, smoke blinded a driver as he rolled down a window exiting a freeway and rear-ended my gray Prius.
Driving back home with the left rear lights and back frame of my car now askew, the radio station I was listening to had a news reporter breathlessly broadcasting from my block. Never a good sign.
Ash pelted my windshield and officers encouraged us to go.
I picked up my tortoise shell cat, Jumpy, and sadly freed two chickens to their fate in my backyard before turning the key in the lock one more time.
Tree limbs started swaying gently as the wind rose and I drove away, hoping it wasn't the final goodbye.
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There are two new gems for my The Gem collection and I am happy to share them with you.
From first bigger kiln I have chose very simple tea jar. Created from technical porcelain it was glazed with high iron, natural slip glaze. I like how ash, which flies through kiln during firing, created yellow-green "hare fur" effect on its face.
The Gem number sixteen is another teapot. New clay which has surprised me in very good way. It is nice to work with and fire love it. Glazed or unglazed, that clay creates lovely colors and fine, silky surface. This teapot is entirely unglazed, with marks of horsetail weed which I put on before firing. It was fired in our charcoal part of the kiln. Covered with charcoal during top temperatures, it is painted with heavy, local reduction. The white mark is where I put refractory clay to separate it from another pot.
And as usually, one more thing...before looking at new pots, please say goodbye to the Gem number five and the Gem number six...
The Nebulae and The Luminous
For more pictures of those new pieces please visit this page. If The Ten Gems of Ten Kilns project is new for you, then please read this post first.
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Chennai Super Kings' Suresh Raina became the first-ever batsman to cross 2000 runs in the Indian Premier League on Monday. Raina achieved the feat during the course of his 44-run knock against Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Prior to this match, the left-handed Raina had 1865 runs from 64 matches at an average of 35.86. Raina, who top-scored for his team on Monday with a 34-ball 44, has been playing in the cash-rich Twenty20 league since its inaugural edition in 2008.
During his stay at the wicket, Raina entertained the partisan crowd with some fluent hits to the fence. In all, the left-handed batsman struck four fours and a six. Of all his boundaries, the six Raina scored off Brett Lee over long-off was the most noteworthy.
He was eventually dismissed at six short of his half-century by Jacques Kallis as Chennai were restricted to a modest 139 for five. KKR won the match by five wickets.


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Medical marijuana goes on sale in Czech pharmacies
Medical marijuana legally went on sale Tuesday in pharmacies across the Czech Republic for patients suffering from cancer, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis or psoriasis.
The new law does not foresee health insurance coverage for marijuana, touted by some as a medical miracle drug.
The prescription-only drug formally became legal on Monday, but was virtually unavailable as most pharmacies across the ex-communist European Union state of 10.5 million were closed over to the Easter long weekend.
Prague will first import the drug for about a year, reportedly from Israel or the Netherlands, until the State Institute for Drug Control starts issuing licences to local growers for a maximum of five years.
The institute will also determine the crop area and organise tenders for marijuana purchases from farmers.
An EU member since in 2004, the Czech Republic provides some of the most liberal access to soft drugs in Europe.
People holding up to 15 grammes (0.53 ounces) of marijuana or growing up to five plants of cannabis risk just a small fine—an approach that often attracts smokers from other countries such as neighbouring Poland, where tougher laws apply.
A 2011 national report on narcotics said 16.1 percent of Czechs aged 15-34 admitted to having used marijuana in that year, down from 20.3 percent a year earlier.
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Iran on Monday sent a capsule containing a live monkey into space and later retrieved the "shipment" intact, the Tehran-based Arab-language Al-Alam channel said, quoting an official statement.A previous attempt in 2011 by the Islamic republic to put a monkey into space failed. No official explanation was given.
"Iran successfully launched a capsule, codenamed Pishgam (Pioneer), containing a monkey and recovered the shipment on the ground intact," said the statement by the defence ministry's aerospace department.
Al-Alam said the monkey was "alive" after travelling to an altitude of 120 kilometres for a sub-orbital flight.
Iran announced in mid-January it would try once more to send a monkey into orbit as part of "preparations for sending a man into space," which is scheduled for 2020.
Iran's space programme deeply unsettles Western nations, which fear it could be used to develop ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads they suspect are being developed in secret.
Tehran has repeatedly denied that its nuclear and scientific programmes mask military ambitions.
Iran has previously sent a rat, turtles and worms into space.


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Tip of the hat to Michelle Malkin, whose May 23 column does one of the best jobs I've seen of laying out the convoluted tale of a low-level Democratic activist named Brett Kimberlin and his attempts to shut down those who criticize him. She applies the "disinfectant of sunshine" to a seamy story that deserves mainstream play.Brett Kimberlin, subject of the book Citizen K, is the Speedway Bomber. If that is not familiar to you, you might remember him as the man who claimed he sold Vice President Dan Quayle drugs. Kimberlin is also, now, decades later, a left of center activist, former Independent Music Awards Industry Judge, involved in organizations getting Tides Foundation and Heinz Family Foundation grants, and is back in the media for harassing and bullying anyone who mentions his past.According to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, Brett Kimberlin was convicted of a series of bombings in Speedway, Indiana, and other drug related matters. From the Court of Appeals:
Kimberlin was convicted as the so-called "Speedway Bomber," who terrorized the city of Speedway, Indiana, by detonating a series of explosives in early September 1978. In the worst incident, Kimberlin placed one of his bombs in a gym bag, and left it in a parking lot outside Speedway High School. Carl Delong was leaving the high school football game with his wife when he attempted to pick up the bag and it exploded. The blast tore off his lower right leg and two fingers, and embedded bomb fragments in his wife's leg. He was hospitalized for six weeks, during which he was forced to undergo nine operations to complete the amputation of his leg, reattach two fingers, repair damage to his inner ear, and remove bomb fragments from his stomach, chest, and arm. In February 1983, he committed suicide.After being convicted of the bombings and related offenses, Kimberlin was sentenced to a fifty-year term of imprisonment for manufacturing and possessing a destructive device, and malicious damage by explosives with personal injury in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and (f), and 18 U.S.C. §§ 844(f) and (i). He received a concurrent twelve-year sentence for impersonating a federal officer, illegal use of a Department of Defense insignia, and illegal use of the Presidential Seal in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 912, 701, and 713, respectively, and a five-year term for receipt of explosives by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 842(i)(1). Finally, he was given a four-year sentence by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas on an earlier, unrelated conviction for conspiracy to distribute marijuana.1Kimberlin's sentences were aggregated by the Bureau of Prisons and, pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 2.5, were treated by the Commission as a single aggregate sentence of fifty-one years, six months, and nineteen days. He received an initial parole hearing by a two-person panel of the Commission on July 28, 1988.
Of late, Kimberlin's name has surfaced because one blogger claims to have been driven from his home due to Kimberlin's harassment. Why the harassment? Various bloggers and others have pointed out that Kimberlin runs a variety of left-wing organizations getting money from the deep pockets of the left. As the web of connections has increased, so has the harassment. Yet again, the left tries to silence dissent.
Kimberlin is involved in and founded Justice Through Music, an activist site billing itself as "Music. Politics. Activism." He has also been involved in a group called the Velvet Revolution. Back in 2010, the Velvet Revolution spearheaded an effort to have Andrew Breitbart, Hannah Giles, and James O'Keefe prosecuted for their investigative work around ACORN.Justice Through Music, which claims to do "voter education and registration" is a Tides Foundation grant recipient. According to Breitbart's Big Journalism site, Justice Through Music "has received a total of over $1.3 million in public gifts and grants since 2005 for these efforts." (See also the Justice Through Music Project 2008 Form 990-EZ)Likewise, Velvet Revolution, started with Brad Friedman of BradBlog, received $51,000.00 in 2009 from the Tides Foundation, which also gave Media Matters for America $75,000.00 the same year.As individual bloggers and sites like Breitbart.com have begun shedding light on Brett Kimberlin, Kimberlin has resorted to suing them. In an email to noted conservative blogger (and prosecutor) Patterico, Kimberlin threatened to sue Patterico writing,
I have filed over a hundred lawsuits and another one will be no sweat for me. On the other hand, it will cost you a lot of time and money and for what. I run a small non profit that works to inspire youth to get involved. I have only met Brad Friedman one time in my life. Your piece is a smear job against both me and Brad.
Robert Stacey McCain has posted his intentions to go into hiding after his wife's employer was harassed relating to McCain's blogging about Kimberlin.Others, including Aaron Walker, and Breitbart blogger Liberty Chick have likewise been notified of lawsuits and other harassment for pointing out Brett Kimberlin's background and sources of funding from prominent organizations like the Tides Foundation.As Patterico notes, back on January 24, 1995, the Washington Times posted a editorial made a point about Democratic activists rallying to Kimberlin that rings true today.
those who have befriended and promoted Kimberlin should be ashamed. Kimberlin committed a truly monstrous crime. He planted a bomb in a high school parking lot on game day -an act that was random, brutal and targeted at children. It is a testament to the viciousness of Washington politics that such a man has been embraced by some in the firmament of the Democratic establishment.
That was in 1995. In the past decade, the Tides Foundation and others have been subsidizing organizations Kimberlin helped set up for political activism, much the way Barack Obama once used foundation money to subsidize Bill Ayers. And now, when Kimberlin's past is brought up, he has sought to silence his critics.As Michelle Malkin points out today, "The mainstream press, not just the conservative blogosphere, needs to hear and report their stories."


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FEMA defines an earthquake as a sudden slipping or movement of a portion of the earth's crust, accompanied and followed by a series of vibrations. This is a fairly innocuous description of what can be a traumatic event, to which anyone who has experienced an earthquake can surely testify.
Fault Lines
The magnificent Teton range, although peaceful now, was formed through thousands of major earthquakes in the 7 to 7.5 magnitude range over 13 million years. Each of these earthquakes are estimated to have caused 3 to 6 feet of vertical ground movement (Windows Into the Earth; Smith and Siegel, 2000). There have not been any quakes of this magnitude along the Teton fault in recorded history, but it is still considered an active fault. In fact, there are many faults in Teton County. View a map of those fault lines (JPG).
The main fault, the Teton Fault along the base of the Tetons, can produce a significant earthquake in the range of 7.0 to 7.5 according to Dr. Robert Smith of the University of Utah. The Teton fault is a normal fault, which means that the mountains rise and the valley drops during episodes of movement.
Chances of an Earthquake Happening
You can view a peak acceleration map (PDF) for Teton County generated by the USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project of 2002. It does not show the chances of an earthquake occurring. What it does show is the peak acceleration of a theoretical particle on the ground during an earthquake. The entire map shows that in the next 50 years there is a 10% probability that the peak acceleration shown by the contour lines will be exceeded at any given point on the map. The unit of measurement for the contour lines represents the percentage of acceleration of gravity, which is 9.8 meters per square inch or 32 feet per square inch.
So for instance, the orange spot on the Yellowstone/Teton boundary says "30", which means that in this area, within the next 50 years, there is a 10% chance that an earthquake will cause an acceleration on the ground greater than 30% the rate of gravity. Remember, acceleration doesn't necessarily tell us how fast the ground is moving (velocity), but how much change there is in the velocity of the ground over a period of time. It is like accelerating in your car from 0 mph to 55 mph: it doesn't happen instantly.
You need to build up to it, so at first you are moving at 5 mph, then a minute later 25 mph, then a minute later 45 mph, etc. If this were the case, you would be accelerating at 20 miles per hour per minute.
What This Information Means
How does this information help us? Well, if you are building a structure, you would want to know what the highest probable acceleration of your foundation might be during an earthquake so that you can take the proper precautions in construction. Planning and building departments also use this data to create building codes for safer structures in earthquake prone areas such as Teton County. Earthquakes and geology are fascinating topics that cannot be completely covered here. If you would like to learn more, check out the USGS's "Learn" website.
Risk Factors
There aren't any activities that you as a citizen can do to increase your risk of experiencing an earthquake. The main risk factor is in where you choose to reside:
- Living near an active fault: If you live in Teton County, you live near an active fault. A look at the map at the top of the page shows the extensive fault lines throughout Teton County. The Teton Fault by itself is large enough that it can affect the entire county and beyond.
- The level of activity of the fault: In theory, an active fault that has more frequent smaller earthquakes is less likely to have a major earthquake. The reasoning is that the pressure in the fault is being released in small doses more frequently, as opposed to being built up and finally releasing in a large earthquake. The Teton Fault is still considered active, and has not had a major earthquake in recorded human history, so it would fall into this category.
- Underground nuclear testing: There have been cases of underground nuclear testing causing fault ruptures in areas of Nevada. Luckily, we don't have any nuclear testing in Teton County.
- Extensive Mining: Very extensive mining in some cases has been shown to cause earthquakes. Although artificial, they can still be destructive. Mining that has occurred in Teton County is unlikely to cause any significant earthquakes in and of themselves


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The Scalate team is pleased to announce the availability of Scalate 1.5.3
Scalate is a Scala 2.9.1 based template engine which can be used stand alone, with servlets or web frameworks like JAXRS, Lift or Play or in integration frameworks like Apache Camel.
The following template languages are supported through the same common API:
- Ssp which is like a Scala version of Velocity, JSP or Erb from Rails
- Scaml which is a Scala dialect of Haml for very DRY markup along with the Jade syntax
- Mustache which is a Scala dialect of Mustache for logic-less templates which also work inside the browser using mustache.js
All expressions inside Ssp, Scaml and Jade benefit from the full power and expressiveness of Scala plus they are typesafe and checked at edit/compile time to ensure you don't leave any mistakes in your templates.
Scalate 1.5.3 Highlights
- Scalate now uses the Scala Presentation Compiler to boost performance of template compilation 3-10X
- Support for compiling stand alone CoffeeScript files on the server, CoffeeScript filters and various CoffeeScript related bug fixes
- A pure Java API to working with Scalate
For more detail see the Full Change Log
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Houston Rockets owner Alexander is selling team
HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Rockets are going up for sale.
Rockets CEO Tad Brown made the announcement Monday, hours after owner Leslie Alexander made the decision.
"It's been my great joy and honor to own the Houston Rockets for the past 24 years," Alexander said in a statement. "I've had the incredible opportunity to witness true greatness through the players and coaches who have won championships for the city, been named to All-Star and All-NBA teams, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, and done so much for our franchise and our fans."
Alexander took over as owner on July 30, 1993, and the Rockets went on to win back-to-back titles in 1994-95 behind the likes of Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler. In 24 seasons under Alexander, the Rockets have won 56.9 percent of their games, fifth-highest in the league.
Brown said the 74-year-old Alexander had been approached over the years by potential buyers, but never considered it until very recently.
"I think it's been something he's been thinking about a little bit," Brown said. "It can wear on you after so many decades and he's tired. There are passions in his life now that are becoming more and more clear. His family, certainly, and his philanthropic efforts, what he'll be able to do with his additional time and his resources on a global scale is something that he's very much looking forward to."
Brown emphasized that Alexander is healthy and his health was not an issue in this decision.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver raved about Alexander.
"Leslie Alexander is a true competitor who always searched for the right move to make his teams better," Silver said in a statement. "Well-respected around the league, he has been an active and influential owner whose vision helped to grow the game globally, especially in China."
Brown will be working with the league office while the Rockets look for a new owner and there were no plans to hire an outside firm to help. There is no set timetable for the sale, but Brown said they want to find the right buyer and won't rush things.
"We're going to make sure that it is the right buyer," Brown said. "Leslie has the latitude of time based on our resources and his resources and everything associated with the team right now."
Brown would not say how much they expect to get in the sale. Forbes named Houston the eighth-most valuable franchise, worth an estimated $1.65 billion, in its annual valuation of NBA teams in February.
"There's a range that we feel people are going to understand and we'll continue to go from there," he said. "Whatever's bandied about in Forbes or other locations, it may or may not make a difference in the overall valuation."
Brown said he had spoken to James Harden, Chris Paul and Trevor Ariza before the announcement and that he planned to call the rest of the players.
Included in the sale will be Clutch City Sports and Entertainment, which puts on non-basketball shows and concerts at the Toyota Center.
"It's a nice opportunity to have that rolled into one asset," Brown said.
During his time as owner of the Rockets Alexander has been active in the community and through his Clutch City Foundation he has given more than $35 million to charities throughout the city.
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A botanical wonderland from Victorian days, the Oamaru Public Gardens are a beautiful place to stroll and dream.
You'll feel the magic of Oamaru Public Gardens the moment you enter the classical main gates on Severn Street. Started in 1876, these gardens are a botanical expression of Oamaru's Victorian history.
Just inside the entrance is the Craig Fountain. Made of fine Italian marble, this outstanding fountain is surrounded by colourful bedding areas.
Another delight to discover is the Wonderland Statue created by the famous Scottish sculptor, Thomas J Clapperton. Donated to the children of Oamaru in 1926 by Robert Milligan, this delightful statue is sited in the Wonderland Garden - walk through the Moon Gate, past the fountain and into a enchanted world of flowers and waterfalls.
If you're feeling romantic, stroll to the Summerhouse. This century-old retreat for lovers is rumoured to be a popular place for marriage proposals.
Other highlights in the gardens include the Japanese Red Bridge, the Oriental Garden, the Fragrant Garden and the large trees around the band rotunda. Special details from Victorian times can be seen everywhere - a sundial, croquet lawns, a wishing well, an aviary and a peacock house.


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GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 provides enhancements for both administrators and end users.
The WebAccess user interface can be customized for your company logo.
WebAccess now uses the Internet Free/Busy URL in the GroupWise Address Book to facilitate busy searches between GroupWise and other email systems.
GroupWise Monitor gateway accounting functionality works correctly on Windows Vista and later operating systems.
WebAccess Mobile supports additional tablets:
Android tablets that run Android 3.2 and 4.0
BlackBerry Playbook 2
WebAccess is available in Bulgarian and Turkish.
For a list of the bugs that have been fixed since GroupWise 2012, see the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 Bug Fix List.
For a list of the documentation updates that have been made since GroupWise 2012, see Section 16.0, GroupWise Documentation.
GroupWise 2012 system requirements are listed in GroupWise System Requirements
in GroupWise Product Overview
in the GroupWise 2012 Installation Guide.
IMPORTANT:If you are installing the GroupWise software in a cluster, refer to the GroupWise 2012 Interoperability Guide for cluster-specific installation instructions before starting to install the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 software.
Download the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 Administration compressed tar file to a temporary directory on your Linux server:
gw12.0.1_full_linux_en.tar.gz gw12.0.1_full_linux_multi.tar.gz
In a terminal window at your Linux server, change to the temporary directory, then use the following command to uncompress and untar the downloaded file:
tar -xvzf file_name.tar.gz
The files are extracted to the root of the directory.
Become root by entering su - and the root password.
In the directory where you extracted the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 files, use the following command to start the GroupWise Installation program:
.Follow the on-screen instructions to install the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 software.
When you install a Support Pack, you can streamline the update process by using the
option to install the updated RPM for each agent. Typically, you do not need to use the option after installing updated agent software, if the agent configuration has not changed since the previous installation. If you encounter a problem starting the updated agent, use the option to update the configuration information for the agent.For additional installation instructions, see the GroupWise 2012 Installation Guide.
The GroupWise Windows client is included in the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 Linux software image.
To install the Windows client from the Linux image:
On the Linux server where the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 image is located, create a Samba share of the software distribution directory.
On the Windows workstation where you want to install the GroupWise client, map a drive to the Samba share.
Run setup.exe in the /opt/novell/groupwise/software/client directory, as described in Installing the GroupWise Clients
in the GroupWise 2012 Installation Guide.
For automated distribution of the GroupWise Windows client, SetupIP is also included in the Linux software image. For usage instructions, see Using GroupWise AutoUpdate and SetupIP to Distribute the GroupWise Windows Client
in Client
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
IMPORTANT:If you are installing the GroupWise software in a cluster, refer to the GroupWise 2012 Interoperability Guide for cluster-specific installation instructions before starting to install the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 software.
Download the Windows GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 compressed executable file to a temporary directory on your Windows server:
gw12.0.1_full_win_en.exe gw12.0.1_full_win_multi.exe
In Windows, click
, then locate the directory where you downloaded the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 file.Double-click the file to run the GroupWise Installation program.
.Follow the on-screen instructions to install the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 software.
When you install a Support Pack, you can streamline the update process by copying the updated agent software files but not configuring the agents again. In the Installation program, select
on the Installation Path page when you install the POA, the MTA, and the Internet Agent.Update the primary domain first. Start the MTA in the primary domain. Then update secondary domains, followed by the post offices in each domain. Start each MTA and POA for each domain and post office. Then update the other GroupWise agents.
For additional instructions, refer to the GroupWise 2012 Installation Guide on the GroupWise 2012 Documentation Web site.
Download the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 Windows Client compressed executable file to a temporary directory on your workstation:
gw12.0.1_client_win_en.exe gw12.0.1_client_win_multi.exe
In Windows, click
, then locate the directory where you downloaded the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 Client compressed executable file.Double-click the downloaded file, then click
to extract the GroupWise client software and start the GroupWise client Setup program.Follow the on-screen instructions to install the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 client software on your workstation.
The GroupWise Setup Progress dialog box displays a green bar during the installation process. Occasionally, long pauses might occur. You can also check the activity of the GroupWise client Setup program by viewing the
tab of the Windows Task Manager to observe CPU usage.Installation issues for individual GroupWise components are located under the heading for each component.
Platform-specific installation issues are listed in separate sections below. Installation issues for individual GroupWise components are located under the heading for each component.
If you install GroupWise on multiple platforms, or if you run multiple versions (for example, GroupWise 7 or 8 and GroupWise 2012 in the same GroupWise system), refer to GroupWise Version Compatibility
in the GroupWise 2012 Installation Guide to make sure that the combinations you are using are supported.
For example, you cannot run a GroupWise 2012 client against a GroupWise 8 or earlier post office. Earlier POAs cannot support later GroupWise clients. However, you can run a GroupWise 8 or earlier client against a GroupWise 2012 POA.
Also, you should not run the GroupWise 8 or earlier snap-ins to ConsoleOne to access GroupWise 2012 databases or eDirectory objects. You can use
under to specify the required version of the ConsoleOne snap-ins for each domain as needed.When you install a Linux operating system for use with GroupWise, do not deselect the 32-bit runtime libraries. GroupWise requires the 32-bit runtime libraries.
When you install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for use with GroupWise, select the
option. If you select the option, the GroupWise Installation program prompts you to install additional packages to meet GroupWise dependencies. Although you can manually install the additional packages after installing SLES, it is simpler to install SLES so that all GroupWise dependencies are automatically met.When you run the Linux GroupWise Installation program and create a new GroupWise system in a virtual machine on SLES 11, the system creation process might crash with a Java exception. There are two workarounds:
Configure the virtual machine with at least 4 GB of memory to avoid the problem.
In ConsoleOne, delete the POA object that was created during GroupWise system creation, then create a new POA object. Install and configure the agents independent from creating the GroupWise system.
When you install GroupWise on SLES 10 to a Xen guest, you might receive the following error message:
The current window is not large enough to run install. Please resize the window and run install again.
At present, the SLES 10 Xen console window does not report its dimensions properly. To work around this:
Make sure that SSH is enabled on the Xen guest.
Open an X terminal window on the SLES 10 Xen host, using the following command:
ssh -X root@guest_ip_address
Run the GroupWise Installation program from the Xen host.
If you need to uninstall and reinstall eDirectory on Open Enterprise Server for Linux, your GroupWise system is affected, because the GroupWise objects in eDirectory are lost when eDirectory is uninstalled. Therefore, you need to re-create the GroupWise objects in the new eDirectory tree.
(Conditional) If ConsoleOne has been uninstalled and reinstalled along with eDirectory, reinstall the GroupWise snap-ins to ConsoleOne, as described in Installing the GroupWise Administrator Snap-Ins to Linux ConsoleOne
in System
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
In ConsoleOne, extend the eDirectory schema for GroupWise objects, as described in Check eDirectory Schema
in System
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
Graft the GroupWise objects into the new eDirectory tree:
Access the primary GroupWise domain directory, as described in Select Domain
in System
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
Graft your GroupWise domains and post offices into the new eDirectory tree, as described in Graft GroupWise Objects
in System
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
For additional assistance, see TID 7004121, How to Graft GroupWise Objects,
in the Novell Support Knowledgebase.
Graft in GroupWise users and other GroupWise objects that belong to post offices.
Start all the GroupWise agents.
The GroupWise 2012 Windows client does not install successfully in a 64-bit environment when the following situations exist on the workstation:
An earlier GroupWise version is installed, then the 64-bit version of Office 2010 is installed, then GroupWise is updated to 2012.
The 32-bit version of Office 2007 or 2010 is installed, then an earlier GroupWise version is installed, then Office is updated to the 64-bit version of Office 2010, then GroupWise is updated to 2012.
To enable the GroupWise 2012 Windows client to function correctly in these situations, use either of the following workarounds:
Run the GroupWise Windows client Setup program a second time, selecting
Uninstall the GroupWise Windows client, then reinstall it.
If you do not repair or reinstall the GroupWise Windows client in these situations, you encounter the following errors:
Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messages request.
The 'MAPI Session Handle' of the Novell GroupWise 'Object Request Broker' could not be accessed. The address book cannot run.
GroupWise is not properly installed. The Address Book component could not be initialized.
If the GroupWise Windows client is originally installed by the Windows Administrator user, the Administrator user must also perform software updates. When the client is installed by the Administrator, the GroupWise client software cannot be updated by a regular user or a Windows Power User.
In GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1, you cannot launch the GroupWise client directly from the client Setup program. You must exit the client Setup program, then launch the GroupWise client.
Older versions of Norton Internet Security 2010 incorrectly identify GroupWise SetupIP as a virus and automatically remove it while it is trying to install the GroupWise Windows client on a workstation. Symantec indicates that this problem is resolved by running LiveUpdate to obtain the latest version of Norton Internet Security 2010. If you still encounter the problem, you must disable Norton Internet Security 2010 before SetupIP can successfully run on a workstation.
In earlier versions of GroupWise, the GroupWise Generate CSR Utility (GWCSRGEN) created a certification signing request (CSR) that returned an MD5 certificate. The MD5 algorithm is now considered compromised and should not be used.
Starting in GroupWise 2012 SP1, GWCSRGEN creates a CSR that returns an SHA-1 certificate. The SHA-1 algorithm is more secure than MD5, but also has some potential weaknesses.
For the most stringent security needs, GWCSRGEN should no longer be used for generating CSRs. For suggested alternatives, see Generating a Certificate Signing Request
in Security Administration
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
When filling in a
field in ConsoleOne, you must specify the server name. You cannot use an IP address or DNS hostname.Do not run a DirXML or Identity Manager driver earlier than version 3.5.2 against a GroupWise 2012 system. Older drivers are not compatible. You can download the latest version of the GroupWise Identity Manager driver from Novell Downloads.
For more information, see TID 7002222: "How is the GroupWise Driver Configured for Identity Manager?" in the Novell Support Knowledgebase.
The GroupWise 2012 product is comprised of many 32-bit services and applications. These pieces all run successfully on 64-bit hardware and operating systems.
The Identity Manager driver for GroupWise is also a 32-bit application. It requires either a 32-bit version of the Identity Manager engine, or a 32-bit version of the Identity Manager Remote Loader. For most installations, we recommend deploying the 64-bit version of the Identity Manager engine on a 64-bit system, and then deploying the 32-bit Identity Manager Remote Loader along with the Identity Manager driver for GroupWise on a 32-bit system as described here.
Set up a 32-bit server for use by the Identity Manager driver for GroupWise.
Install and configure the Identity Manager Remote Loader on the 32-bit server.
Follow the setup instructions for your version of Identity Manager:
Install and configure the Identity Manager driver for GroupWise on the same 32-bit server as the Identity Manager Remote Loader.
Follow the setup instructions for your version of the Identity Manager driver for GroupWise:
In this configuration, the Identity Manager Remote Loader on the 32-bit server communicates successfully with the Identity Manager engine and with the GroupWise agents that are both running on 64-bit servers.
If you run server-based antivirus software, you should configure it so that it does not scan GroupWise directory structures such as domains and post offices, where file locking conflicts can create problems for the GroupWise agents. If you need virus scanning on GroupWise data, check the GroupWise Partner Products page for compatible products.
Because of long-standing file lock issues with NFS, you cannot use an NFS mount to mount a server file system where your GroupWise system is located to a workstation where you are running ConsoleOne. In addition, you cannot use an NFS mount between Linux servers, for example when a POA needs access to a remote restore area or a remote document storage area.
Use a Samba mount if you want to use Windows ConsoleOne to access a domain located on a Linux server. For access between Linux servers, use a Samba mount or an NCP (Novell Core Protocol) mount. For instructions to set up a Samba mount or an NCP mount, see ConsoleOne Administration Tool
in System
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
All GroupWise agents can be monitored through an SNMP management console. However, 64-bit Linux operating systems do not include the 32-bit components required for communication with the 32-bit GroupWise engine. Therefore, SNMP monitoring of GroupWise agents is not currently available on 64-bit Linux operating systems.
GroupWise 2012 does not include GWTSAFS. The supported versions of Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) provide TSAFS, which is the preferred backup approach moving forward. For more information, see GroupWise Backup
in the Storage Management Services Administration Guide for your version of OES.
All directory names in paths to GroupWise domains and post offices should consist of lowercase letters. File names should also consist of lowercase letters. There are no length restrictions.
However, on Open Enterprise Server (OES), when you create an NSS volume, the volume name automatically appears in all uppercase in the path name. Because the use of lowercase letters in directory names is recommended for convenience, but is not required by any GroupWise program, this behavior on OES does not present any problems for GroupWise. You simply need to remember to type the uppercase letters when you specify the path name on OES.
GroupWise 2012 administration on Linux does not include the following features that are available in GroupWise 2012 on Windows:
Import/Export utility in ConsoleOne
Document Properties Management feature in ConsoleOne
Versions of Novell eDirectory earlier than 8.8.4 are not supported on Windows Server 2008.
If you create a DSfW static group and then convert it to a GroupWise distribution list by assigning it to a post office, email messages addressed to the group are not delivered to GroupWise users. To correct the problem, synchronize the post office that owns the distribution list. In ConsoleOne, select the post office, then click
.If you use NSS volumes with quotas turned on, you must turn on quotas on all GroupWise directories. Otherwise, you receive No Disk Space errors.
The GroupWise 2012 WebAccess Application communicates directly with the POA through SOAP. Therefore, the POA that the WebAccess Application is configured to communicate with must have SOAP enabled in order for WebAccess to function. For appropriate security, SSL should be enabled on the SOAP connection.
For setup instructions, see the following sections in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide:
When the GWIA receives an incoming message from the Internet, it creates a MIME version of the message that includes the message and any attached files. This doubles the size of the message.
You can restrict message size at the GWIA, the MTA, and the POA. The message size that you set at the GWIA determines the maximum size of messages that are allowed into your GroupWise system. However, because of the way that the GWIA creates the MIME version of incoming messages, message size limits at the MTA and POA must be two to three times the size set at the GWIA. Otherwise, some messages can successfully enter your GroupWise system at the GWIA, but they cannot be delivered because of the size limits set at the MTA or the POA.
When such a delivery failure occurs, no undeliverable message is sent, so no one is notified of the problem.
When you update the POA software to GroupWise 2012, updated view files are copied to the software distribution directory, but not to post offices. This maintains any customizations you might have made in the view files in post offices.
However, when each GroupWise 2012 POA starts for the first time, it copies the new view files from the software distribution directory to its post office. Therefore, if you have created custom view files with the same names as standard view files, you must create backup copies before starting the GroupWise 2012 POA, so that your customized view files are not lost when the post office view files are updated. After you start the GroupWise 2012 POA, restore your custom view files.
Occasionally, the POA is unable to copy the updated view files from the software distribution directory to its post office. When this happens, users receive a message that their view files are out of date. To resolve this, use the
option under > > in ConsoleOne to update the post office view files from the software distribution directory. After you refresh the views, you must restore your customized view files to the post office.Whenever the POA runs an audit report, it causes the MTA for the domain to restart. In a domain with a large number of post offices, these MTA restarts might become noticeable. This is working as designed, although improved functionality has been requested.
On Novell Open Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, services such as IMAP and IMAP SSL, which require port numbers below 1025, cannot be initiated or restarted after the GroupWise agents are running as a non-root user. To initiate or restart those services, you must manually stop the services and then restart the GroupWise agents.
By default, the maximum number of open files on a Linux server is 1024. This default might not be sufficient for a busy POA. Therefore, the POA initializes the maximum number of open files to 200000.
The default number of open files is typically acceptable for the other GroupWise agents.
If you run the Document Viewer Agent (DVA) as a user that is not running the X Window system, WebAccess users cannot view embedded vector-based graphics in attachments. To enable users to view embedded vector-based graphics, make sure that the user that starts the DVA is running the X Window System and has a DISPLAY environment variable set so that the DVA can write to the local display. One way to accomplish this is to use the sux command to become root before you start the DVA.
The third-party viewer software used by the DVA has a dependency on libXm.so.1, which might not be included with your Linux package. To resolve this, create a symbolic link in the agents lib directory to the version of the libXm modules that is available on your Linux server. For example:
ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3.0.1 /opt/novell/groupwise/ agents/lib/libXm.so.1
Support Pack 1 includes a fix for the problem where the Windows POA terminates unexpectedly and repeatedly when GroupWise Windows client users connect from outside of the firewall on the external client/server port. If you continue to see the problem after installing Support Pack 1, add the /udpslap switch to the POA startup file. This switch is designed specifically to alleviate this particular connection issue.
If you run the Document Viewer Agent (DVA) on Windows Server 2008, and if you have not configured it to run as the Administrator user, you must use the /home switch in the gwdva.dva file to specify a directory where the DVA user can write files. You might want to create a c:\novell\groupwise\gwdva directory for this purpose.
The setupip.exe and writeip.exe SetupIP programs are falsely identified as viruses by Norton Internet Security 2010. As a workaround, configure Norton Internet Security 2010 to ignore these files.
The GroupWise 2012 Windows client uses a new speller engine technology named Hunspell. You should not notice any difference in the "spell-as-you-type" mode. However, there are a few features available in the old Spell Checker dialog box that are no longer available.
When the Spell Checker dialog box opens, it immediately begins spell checking.
You can no longer check spelling in a paragraph, sentence, or by word.
You can no longer add or manage multiple personal word lists from the Spell Checker dialog box. There is only one personal word list.
The recommended location for a Windows client user's archive is on his or her local workstation.
Creating an archive on a network drive is supported in the following two configurations:
The Novell Map Network Drive feature of the Novell Client is used to map a network drive from the user's workstation to a Novell Open Enterprise (OES) Linux server or a NetWare server where the archive is located.
The OES Linux server must use NSS volumes, and you must use NCP access with cross-protocol locks enabled in order to ensure safe client access to the archive. The setup for Windows client access to an OES Linux server is the same as for Windows ConsoleOne access to an OES server. For setup instructions, see Configuring the OES Linux Server for NCP Access from Windows
in ConsoleOne Administration Tool
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide.
The Windows Map Network Drive feature is used to map a network drive from the user's workstation to an OES Linux server using Novell CIFS access.
Other configurations, including Samba on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) server, are not currently supported.
The first time you prime a new Caching mailbox, the GroupWise client might terminate at the end of the priming process. However, the Caching mailbox is successfully created. Restart the client to access the new Caching mailbox.
If you use Novell Vibe with GroupWise, Vibe 3 or later is required for GroupWise 2012 integration.
Do not use iFolder with your GroupWise mailbox. For more information, see GroupWise Files Become Corrupted in an iFolder
in Troubleshooting
in the Novell iFolder Cross-Platform User Guide.
The issues involved with trying to use iFolder with GroupWise apply to using GroupWise with other directory synchronization applications such as Microsoft Offline Files. Do not use any of these applications with GroupWise.
If you are a member of the Power Users group when you install the GroupWise Windows client, you cannot immediately uninstall the GroupWise Windows client in the Control Panel. You must follow these steps to uninstall:
Remove yourself from the Power Users group.
Log out of Windows.
Log back in to Windows.
Uninstall the GroupWise Windows client.
If you install Outlook, then install GroupWise, then uninstall Outlook, you must reinstall GroupWise in order to restore MAPI, which is uninstalled along with Outlook. To avoid this problem, uninstall Outlook before you install GroupWise.
The GroupWise Windows client allows you to use Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org as the text editor for composing messages. Microsoft Word 2010 is not currently supported, although earlier versions of Word are fully supported. Microsoft Word 2010 will be supported in a future GroupWise release.
Users of the JAWS screen reader can install the JAWS script available for GroupWise. Follow the instructions in the \client\jaws\gw_jaws_readme.txt file to install the JAWS script and other files on your workstation.
If you encounter Section 508 accessibility issues in the GroupWise 2012 Windows client, continue to use the GroupWise 8 Windows client. Section 508 accessibility issues will be addressed in a future GroupWise release.
Novell is currently formulating a long-term GroupWise Mac/Linux client strategy. In the interim, the GroupWise 8 Mac/Linux client has been included in GroupWise 2012. Although no enhancements have been made to this client, it is completely compatible with a post office that has been updated to GroupWise 2012.
The new indexable file types of PDF, OpenOffice.org, and Microsoft Office 2007 are not indexed by the Mac client in Caching mode. The module that provides this functionality is not currently available on Mac. If you change to Online mode, the POA handles this indexing, so you can find these documents in Online mode.
The Mac/Linux client currently requires exclusive access to the sound device in your workstation. As a result, if Notify is turned on and configured to play a sound for notifications or alarms, other programs cannot use the sound device as long as Notify is running. Novell is awaiting a Sun Java fix in order to resolve this problem.
Depending on the Linux version on your workstation, you might need to install the following packages to resolve dependencies for the GroupWise Linux client:
Open Motif 2.2 or later
The GIMP Toolkit (GTK) 2 or later
libstdc++33 or later
Typically, these packages are part of your base Linux operating system.
In the GroupWise Linux client, if you display a Web page that includes Flash content, and if you have Adobe Flash Player 9 installed in your Web browser, the GroupWise Linux client might crash. Install the latest Service Pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop to resolve the problem. This Service Pack includes an updated version of Flash Player 9, where the problem no longer occurs.
By default, KDE applications like Konqueror do not launch the Linux GroupWise client when a mailto link is selected. To configure KDE applications to work with the GroupWise Linux client, see TID 7001213, Configuring KDE Applications to Launch GroupWise
in the Novell Support Knowledgebase.
If you run the Linux client in Caching mode as root, you might encounter synchronization problems with your master mailbox when you next run as a regular user. If pending requests from the root session remain when you log in as a regular user, regular user requests are backed up behind the root requests, which cannot be processed while you are logged in as a regular user.
To resolve any problems, run the client as root again so that all messages are synchronized, then run as a regular user thereafter to prevent further problems.
The required location for a Mac/Linux client user's archive is on his or her local workstation. Creating an archive on a network drive is not currently supported.
When you are prompted to rebuild your mailbox, there is no progress indicator displayed during the rebuild process.
In GroupWise 8 WebAccess, you needed to manually set the WebAccess time zone if you wanted WebAccess to use a time zone that was different from the time zone of your post office. In GroupWise 2012, the WebAccess time zone automatically matches the time zone of your workstation. To change the WebAccess time zone, change your workstation time zone.
Occasionally, after you update the WebAccess software, the WebAccess URL displays a gray page instead of the WebAccess Login window. The problem occurs when you install multiple GroupWise Web applications in quick succession. It is possible for one Web application installation to be incomplete when the next one starts, which results in an unusable installation.
To prevent the problem, display each Web application in your Web browser before you install the next application:
http://web_server_address/gw/webacc http://web_server_address/gwcal/admin http://web_server_address/gwmon/gwmonitor
To resolve the problem after it has occurred:
Stop Tomcat.
OES 2 and SLES 10 |
rctomcat5 stop |
OES 11 and SLES 11 |
rctomcat6 stop |
Windows |
Remove the gw directory from the Tomcat installation.
Tomcat on OES 2: |
/var/opt/novell/tomcat5/webapps/gw |
Tomcat on SLES 10: |
/srv/www/tomcat5/base/webapps/gw |
Tomcat on OES 11: |
/var/opt/novell/tomcat6/webapps/gw |
Tomcat on SLES 11: |
/usr/share/tomcat6/webapps/gw |
Tomcat on Windows |
c:\Novell\tomcat6\webapps\gw |
Restart Tomcat.
OES 2 and SLES 10 |
rctomcat5 start |
OES 11 and SLES 11 |
rctomcat6 start |
Windows |
This re-creates the gw directory structure, which ensures that all files are correctly extracted from the gw.war file.
Starting with GroupWise 2012, you can share folder trees. In the GroupWise Windows client, the shared folder notification for the folder tree arrives as a single notification. In WebAccess, you receive a shared folder notification for each folder in the shared folder tree. In a large folder tree, this could result in a large number of shared folder notifications.
Multiple shared folder notifications for folder trees shared in GroupWise 2012 occur in GroupWise 8 in both the Windows client and in WebAccess.
In WebAccess, if you delete recipients from the
, , or fields of an item after the item has been manually saved or auto-saved, and then send the item before the item is saved again, the deleted recipients still display in the properties of the sent item. However, the item is not actually sent to the deleted recipients.In the GroupWise Windows client, you can right-click a Calendar folder, then click
to display the Calendar of a proxy user as a sub-calendar in your own Calendar.In WebAccess, you cannot create a Proxy Calendar, and Proxy Calendars created in the Windows client do not display in WebAccess. In WebAccess, you must proxy to the other user's mailbox in order to view that user's Calendar.
Android tablets that run Android 3.2 or later are supported for use with WebAccess Mobile.
Many Android tablets that run Android 4.0 work well with WebAccess Mobile. However, some Android 4.0 tablets have device/OS-specific issues that might cause display, usability, or functionality challenges. Many of these issues have easy workarounds. However, some Android 4.0 tablets simply do not function as expected with WebAccess Mobile. Keeping device firmware updates current can help mitigate some of these challenges while Novell works to fully support Android 4.0.
On a Samsung Galaxy tablet, the Quickoffice HD location for attaching documents and text files might not be available, depending on the specific model of the Galaxy tablet. You can attach files in WebAccess Mobile only from locations that are available on your particular tablet.
PDF files cannot be displayed on ASUS Transformer TF101 and TF102 tablets. These tablets do not currently have a plug-in for displaying PDF files. As a result, the PDF file is downloaded to the tablet rather than being immediately displayed. To display a PDF file after it has been downloaded, use a native application like MyLibrary or Polaris Office to view it.
ASUS tablets have browser display issues in WebAccess Mobile, including:
Pages occasionally do not load.
Pages might be very slow to load.
The browser quits. When it is relaunched, the browser does not display the pages and tabs that were originally displayed when it quit.
Typing text in the browser is very slow.
As a workaround:
Enter the following text in the address bar:
In the browser menu, click
.Repeat this procedure each time you restart the tablet.
WebPublisher is not part of GroupWise 2012. To continue using WebPublisher, you must maintain a GroupWise 8 domain with GroupWise 8 WebAccess to support your WebPublisher needs until comparable functionality becomes available in the future.
Starting in GroupWise 2012, the WebAccess Application communicates directly with the POA, and the WebAccess Agent is no longer needed. As a result, WebAccess cannot be monitored by GroupWise Monitor, because Monitor communicates with agents, not with Web applications.
If your Web server is configured to allow directory browsing, a user can access the /com directory of your Web server and browse downward from there. There is no confidential information located in any of the directories that are accessible in this manner.
However, if you want to prevent access, you can change the configuration of your Web server. For example, if you are using Apache, you can modify the httpd.conf file to remove the access that is provided by default. Locate the section that provides directory options for the htdocs directory. Either remove the Indexes option from the Options directive or place a minus (-) in front of it. Restart Apache to put the change into effect.
If you update an existing WebAccess installation to GroupWise 2012, you must use both the
and options in the GroupWise Installation program in order for the GroupWise 2012 version of the WebAccess Application to be installed and configured correctly. If you do not run the option, you continue to run the old WebAccess Application, not the GroupWise 2012 version.On Windows, WebAccess requires ISAPI support. ISAPI support is no longer installed by default when you install Windows Server 2008 and Internet Information Services (IIS). Ideally, you should select ISAPI support during the installation of IIS. However, if you are installing WebAccess on Windows Server 2008 and ISAPI support is not yet installed, you can add it after the fact.
In Windows Server Manager, expand
, then right-click .In the
section, click .Select
, select and , then click .(Conditional) If you installed the GroupWise WebAccess Application before you installed ISAPI support, reinstall the GroupWise WebAccess Application.
The WebAccess Installation program restarts Tomcat and IIS to put the ISAPI changes into effect.
Do not install WebAccess and Novell iManager on the same Windows 2003/2008 server. Because WebAccess installs and configures its own Tomcat and Jakarta connector, it must be installed on a server where Tomcat is not already in use by another program. If they are installed on the same server, either WebAccess or iManager does not work.
In Internet Explorer 6 and 7, WebAccess relies on Google Chrome Frame in order to provide a variety of advanced features. If a user's workstation does not have Google Chrome Frame, the user is prompted to download and install it from the Internet. If your WebAccess users do not have access to the Internet, you can make Google Chrome Frame available locally.
Download the Google Chrome Frame installer from the following Web site:
The Google Chrome Frame installer is named GoogleChromeframeStandaloneEnterprise.msi.
Place the .msi file under the document root directory on your Web server.
Test the location by viewing the URL for the file in your Web browser.
Specify the URL for the Google Chrome Frame installer in the WebAccess configuration file:
Edit the webacc.cfg file in an ASCII text editor.
Add the following line at the bottom of the file:
Replace installer_location with the URL that you tested in Step 3.
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Restart Tomcat.
The --msstu switch replaces spaces with underscores (_) in the email address of the sender, but not in the addresses of recipients. This is working as designed.
During installation, the Linux Internet Agent Installation program requires access to eDirectory by way of LDAP authentication. The LDAP Group object includes an option named
, which is enabled by default. With this option enabled, you must provide the LDAP server's trusted root certificate, which must be exported from the LDAP server, in order for LDAP authentication to take place (typically on port 636) during installation of the Internet Agent.Unless you already have SSL set up, an easier alternative is to disable
, which allows LDAP authentication to take place using clear text (typically on port 389), during installation of the Internet Agent. After disabling the option, restart eDirectory, install the Internet Agent, then re-enable and restart eDirectory again.None.
The Calendar Publishing Host Installation program prompts for the name of the Calendar Publishing Host. If you are updating an existing Calendar Publishing Host installation, the Calendar Publishing Host name must match the name provided in ConsoleOne under
. The name must be specified identically in both places, including spacing and capitalization. If the names do not match, the Calendar Publishing Host cannot function.If calendar items include attachments, the attachments are not published to the Web, but the calendar items themselves are still successfully published.
The Calendar Publishing Host and WebAccess share a substantial amount of functionality. The following WebAccess issue also pertains to the Calendar Publishing Host:
If you want to enable SSL by using the Monitor Agent /httpssl and /httpcertfile switches, the certificate file must be in PEM format. This differs from the other GroupWise agents, which take a .b64 public certificate file and a .key private key file. The PEM format combines the certificate and key in a single file.
Monitor and WebAccess share a substantial amount of functionality. The following WebAccess issue also pertains to Monitor:
Monitor settings are stored in the monitor.xml file in the Monitor installation directory. Agent groups are also stored in this file. If you reinstall the Monitor software, the monitor.xml file is backed up as monitor.001. To restore previous Monitor settings and agent groups, remove the newly installed monitor.xml file and rename monitor.001 to monitor.xml.
GroupWise cannot correctly identify a country code in a phone number when there is no delimiter between the country code and the rest of the phone number. For example, if +49 is the country code, and if you enter a contact phone number as +491234567890, an SMS text message to that contact is undeliverable. If you put a space or a dash between the country code and the phone number, such as +49 1234567890, the SMS text message is successfully delivered.
Sending SMS text messages from GroupWise is free of charge for senders. However, in some European countries, recipients must pay a small charge when they receive SMS text messages.
Do not use double-byte characters in directory names and file names.
Do not use double-byte characters in user passwords. The Change GroupWise Password dialog box in ConsoleOne currently allows entry of double-byte characters. However, the GroupWise client login does not allow entry of double-byte characters in passwords, so a user who was assigned a password with double-byte characters in ConsoleOne cannot type the double-byte characters when attempting to log in to GroupWise.
If you start an individual GroupWise agent in a language other than English with a command like the following:
./gwmta --show @provo.mta
you must turn off UTF-8 in order for the agent server console to display properly.
To turn off UTF-8 for the Linux server:
In YaST, click
, then click .Click
to save the new setting, then reboot the Linux server.If you do not want to turn off UTF-8 for the server, you can use the grpwise script to start the agents, because it turns off UTF-8 automatically when it starts the agents with the user interface provided by the --show switch. However, by default, the grpwise script starts the agents as daemons, without the user interface. To configure the grpwise script to start the agents with the user interface, see Starting the Linux Agents as Daemons
in Installing GroupWise Agents
in the GroupWise 2012 Installation Guide.
On Windows, Mozilla-based browsers such as Firefox do not handle extended character file names correctly for published calendars. This is a browser problem, not a GroupWise problem. There is no workaround.
In Safari on Macintosh, extended character file names are not interpreted correctly. As a workaround, use Firefox instead of Safari to display published calendars. This is a browser problem, not a GroupWise problem.
On some tablets, garbage characters display in the WebAccess Mobile Login window instead of readable text. This problem tends to occur on older devices, even when they are running a supported tablet operating system.
On tablets, the process for inputting double-byte characters varies. The Name Completion feature in WebAccess Mobile does not work correctly when recipient names include double-byte characters.
Two workarounds are available:
, then browse to the recipient.Type the first few characters of the user's email address. Email addresses do not include double-byte characters. Therefore, the Name Completion feature can always complete the email address.
On some tablets, when you select a file with double-byte characters in the file name, the characters display as garbage characters. This is a problem with the device.
In WebAccess, the online help does not display correctly in Arabic. To correct the problem, enable Compatibility View by clicking
.Hebrew was dropped from the list of supported languages in GroupWise 8 Support Pack 1.
If you run the Linux client on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters display incorrectly. You must meet the Linux client system requirements and install SLED 11 Service Pack 1 in order for double-byte characters to display correctly.
If you run the Linux GroupWise agents with an agent console interface in languages other than English, the logging information might not display correctly. The problem occurs if your language encoding is set to UTF-8.
To determine your current language encoding, use the following command in a terminal window:
You can change your language encoding in YaST:
Start YaST, click
, then double-click .Select the language you are running the agents in, then click
, then click .Stop and then restart the agents to put the new setting into effect.
When you use a Russian keyboard, the Linux environment variables that provide language and locale information are usually set to ru_RU. Typically, this setting implies the Russian character set ISO-8859-5. However, on some distributions of Linux, the ISO-8859-5 character set must be set explicitly in order for your Russian keyboard to work with the GroupWise Mac/Linux client. Use the following command to specify the character set along with the language and locale information:
export LANG=ru_RU.ISO-8859-5
In most cases, setting the LANG environment variable also sets all LC_* environment variables and resolves all Russian keyboard problems. If you set the LANG environment variable and your Russian keyboard still does not work, use the following command to view the current settings for the LANG and LC_* environment variables:
If any of the LC_* environment variables have not inherited the ISO-8859-5 specification, export them individually.
Keyboard mnemonics for menu items work for characters a-z and A-Z, but not for other characters.
The Linux GroupWise agent user interfaces display correctly if the Linux environment is using the ISO-8859-1 character set, which is the default for the GroupWise administration languages and locales.
Language |
Character Set Code |
French |
fr_FR |
German |
de_DE |
Portuguese |
pt_BR |
Spanish |
es_ES |
If the Linux environment is using a different character set encoding, such as UTF-8 (for example, fr_FR.UTF-8), the localized agent user interfaces do not display correctly.
When you update WebAccess, the Calendar Publishing Host, or Monitor, if you install the multilanguage version over the English-only version or vice versa, you receive the following message:
The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.
Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'component.msi' in the box below.
Simply click
. This is an automatic InstallShield message. The GroupWise Installation program correctly handles the situation without your assistance.Setting ShowDialogs=No in the setup.cfg file does not suppress the interface language dialog box that appears when you install the GroupWise Windows client from the multilanguage GroupWise software image. The interface language dialog box is displayed by InstallShield to ask what language the GroupWise Client Setup program should run in. It does not affect which client languages are installed by the Client Setup program.
To suppress the interface language dialog box:
Edit the following file in a text editor:
Locate the following line:
Change Y to N.
Save the setup.ini file, then exit the text editor.
Files with certain extended and double-byte characters in their file names cannot be dragged into Novell Vibe folders. The problem is resolved in Novell Vibe 3.3.
On a Windows server running the Spanish version of Windows, the GWCSRGEN utility does not start successfully. Use the English version of GWCSRGEN instead. GWCSRGEN runs successfully on other language versions of Windows.
When you start the Linux POA, the Linux MTA, and the Linux Internet Agent by using the ‑‑show switch to display a GUI user interface, if the agents are running as a non-root user, clicking does not display the agent help file. Help is displayed in a browser window and the agents currently launch the browser as root. Giving the user access to the browser window as root would be a security risk. This is working as designed.
For a list of the bugs that have been fixed in GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1, see the GroupWise 2012 Support Pack 1 Bug Fix List.
All GroupWise 2012 documentation is available at the GroupWise 2012 Documentation Web site.
Each GroupWise 2012 guide lists the documentation updates that have occurred since the release of GroupWise 2012:
Documentation Updates
in the GroupWise 2012 Installation Guide
Documentation Updates
in the GroupWise 2012 Administration Guide
Documentation Updates
in the GroupWise 2012 Interoperability Guide
Documentation Updates
in GroupWise 2012 Troubleshooting 1: Error Messages
Documentation Updates
in GroupWise 2012 Troubleshooting 3: Message Flow and Directory Structure
In addition to the GroupWise product documentation, the following resources provide additional information about GroupWise 2012:
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New park visitor center to showcase stored artifacts
A design has been finalized for a new $3 million visitor center at the North Carolina entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park outside Cherokee.
The new visitor center will focus on the cultural history of the park, from early Native Americans to Appalachian heritage. The park has thousands of artifacts collected from people who once lived in the park, but they are locked up in storage since the park has nowhere to display them. The new visitor center will finally put the public in touch with some of these implements of early life, from spinning wheels to farm tools to moonshine stills.
"We are going to be using those artifacts to tell the story of the people who lived here," said Kent Cave, a park ranger who supervises visitor outreach with a specialty in Appalachian studies. "This is a fulfillment of a dream and of a promise."
Cave said the original plan for the park dating back to the 1940s called for a cultural heritage museum on the N.C. side of the park, while the visitor center on the TN side focuses on ecology and natural history of the Smokies.
The cultural heritage theme will dovetail with the Mountain Farm Museum already in place at Occonaluftee, where visitors can see old farm buildings and demonstrations of early life.
"You aren't just talking about the stuff, you are out there with it," said Bob Miller, spokesperson for the park. "You can feed the chickens and talk to people about what they are seeing. This will be an extension of the farm."
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Miller said the park will judiciously select which artifacts go on display, since the park has far more than the new visitor center can possibly hold.
"A tiny portion of this stuff will be on display, just like at the Smithsonian where only a tiny portion of what they have is displayed for the public," Miller said.
The current visitor center at Occonaluftee is old, cramped and doesn't do justice to the most visited national park in the country.
Nearly 2 million people crossed into the park via the entrance on U.S. 441 last year, passing by the doorstep of the visitor center. Only 350,000 people ventured inside, but far more might stop in if it offered more in the way of exhibits.
The old visitors center was constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corp with the intention of serving merely as a ranger station. It is only 1,100 square feet, while the new one will be almost 7,000.
The old visitor will be converted to classroom space. The new visitor center will be constructed beside it. The parking lot will be reconfigured, along with the entrance off U.S. 441.
"We are extremely excited about having a new state-of-the-art facility," said Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson.
Ditmanson lauded the fundraising that will pay for the entire cost of the new center.
The Great Smoky Mountains Association, which operates bookstores in the park, has committed $2.5 million for its construction. The Friends of the Smokies will provide the $500,000 to design and create all the maps, exhibits and displays.
The visitor center will meet national certification standards as an environmentally friendly building under LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
"The new Center is being designed be as energy efficient and sustainable as we can make it," Ditmanson said.
Some of the environmental designs being considered are
• Geothermal Heat and Cooling: The heating and cooling system will take advantage of the constant 55 degrees temperature of the earth, by pumping water into the ground though tubing where it will gain or give off heat, increasing the efficiency of the system.
• Passive solar: The orientation of the building and the select placement of windows will allow plenty of sunshine into the building and also provide heat. Working with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Park has taken solar measurements where windows are to be placed, to be sure they are sized correctly, to allow just the right amount of light, and offset the need for heat.
• Rain water cistern: A cistern will be collect rain water from the roofs. The water will be filtered and then used to flush toilets.
• Water Saving Fixtures: Bathroom fixtures will use waterless urinals and water saving water faucets and toilets.
• Recycled Materials: Everything from roofing materials, to cabinets, siding, and structural supports will be made of recycled materials.
• Landscaping: Natives plantings will be used that will not require extensive watering after they become established.


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Buck Mark Pistols
Buck Mark Pistols
Rimfire pistols, built the Browning way.
Rimfire pistols, built the Browning way.
Browning Buck Mark rimfire pistols lead the industry in quality, reliability, accuracy and variety. Every Buck Mark starts out as a solid piece of aircraft-grade 7075 aluminum alloy, and then is CNC machined to exacting tolerances. The crisp single-action trigger, hand reamed chamber, target crowned barrel and finely adjustable target sights mean the Buck Mark comes ready for fun straight from the box. The Ultragrip RX™ and Ultragrip DX™ represent the latest in grip technology. The finger grooves, laser stippling and stylish wave patterns combine to form an Ergonomic Interactive Surface (EIS) that puts your hand in the same place on the grip for every shot, resulting in more instinctual shooting and improved accuracy. The textured surfaces are comfortable and secure in any condition, while the narrow profile makes them perfect for all hand sizes.
The straight blowback design offers enhanced simplicity and reliability.
Built-in recess and raised side panels for better grip. The convenient manual slide release is easily operated with the shooting or support hand.
Most models have bull barrels for improved stability. Challenge model has a tapered barrel. Lite model has steel liner inside an ultralight aluminum sleeve. Each chamber is hand-reamed and muzzle crowns are recessed to protect them from damage that could degrade accuracy.
Rear Sight
16-click per revolution adjustable Pro-Target™ sight is standard on all models. This sight provides a finer range of adjustment over the industry's standard of 12 clicks per revolution.
Front Sight
Plus models feature a Truglo®/Marble's® fiber-optic front sight. 5.5 Target includes hooded target sights.
While many popular 22 pistols are cast or fabricated from sheet metal stampings, each Buck Mark frame is CNC machined from 7075-T6 aluminum to exacting tolerances.
Heat treated magazine body for long-term feeding reliability. Coil spring provides more consistent follower angle than typical Z-spring. 10-round capacity.
Magazine Release
Positioned adjacent to the trigger guard for convenient operation.
Compare it to the competition and feel its light, crisp break with less creep and overtravel.
Large, manual thumb safety. Trigger is disconnected when magazine is removed for added safety.
Several wood, laminate and composite styles are available. Soft nitrile Ultragrip RX® (URX) and wood Ultragrip Deluxe™ (UDX) ambidextrous grips have ergonomic finger grooves.
A bit of history on the Buck Mark pistol slide design
A bit of history on the Buck Mark pistol slide design
The Buck Mark pistol is one of the most proven 22 rimfire designs in the world today. It superseded the original Challenger series of Browning 22 Long Rifle pistols in about 1985. Over the years the design of the Buck Mark has remained very similar with refinements most often in aesthetic design, grips and finishes.
One interesting bit of history is that on earlier Challenger pistols the slide had a design with a flat side with slanted grooves for gripping and racking the slide back. The slide on earlier Buck Mark pistols had side grooves in a cut-away, scalloped area only. But this made racking the slide a bit more convenient. Current models feature the grooves plus slide cocking "ears" at the rear of the slide that make racking the slide back even more convenient.
All three designs work very well, but today's Buck Mark slide has been helpful for some shooters. This is primarily because, in general, pulling the slide back when the striker is decocked requires a bit more effort than when it already is cocked. This is something you will want to try out and test when you inspect one at your Browning dealer. Since the Buck Mark has a top strap that does not move in relation to the frame, you must rack the slide back with a "thumb-to-finger" grip rather than the "over the top" method you would use on most centerfire pistols. That is why the ears on the slide really help.